Book contents
- Weeds and the Carolingians
- Weeds and the Carolingians
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Weeds, Nature, and Empire
- 2 Weeds on the Ground
- 3 The Time of Weeds
- 4 The Worst of Weeds
- 5 The Botany of Paradise in Carolingian Rome
- 6 The Uses of Weeds
- 7 The Politics of Weeding in the Carolingian Empire
- Epilogue: Sorting Weeds Out
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Epilogue: Sorting Weeds Out
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 June 2022
Book contents
- Weeds and the Carolingians
- Weeds and the Carolingians
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Weeds, Nature, and Empire
- 2 Weeds on the Ground
- 3 The Time of Weeds
- 4 The Worst of Weeds
- 5 The Botany of Paradise in Carolingian Rome
- 6 The Uses of Weeds
- 7 The Politics of Weeding in the Carolingian Empire
- Epilogue: Sorting Weeds Out
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Suggests that the effort to order nature and fit plants into categories was an important aspect of Carolingian culture, inducing the literate to engage with and understand environments and ecological processes.
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- Weeds and the CarolingiansEmpire, Culture, and Nature in Frankish Europe, AD 750–900, pp. 192 - 199Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022